La Jara Fire
The La Jara Fire burned 3,382 acres in New Mexico, in 1999. It was discovered on June 3, 1999, and contained on June 12, 1999. The cause was recorded as arson/incendiarism.
- Size
- 3,382 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 1999
- Contained
- June 12, 1999
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 3,252 acres. Point of origin as reported, 35.284, -107.667.
The record
- Reported final size
- 3,382 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 3,252 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,212 acres
- Discovered
- June 3, 1999, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- June 12, 1999, 6:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Arson/incendiarism
- State
- New Mexico
- Land ownership at origin
- Forest Service
- Reporting unit
- Cibola National Forest
- Agency
- Forest Service
- Unit
- NMCIF
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1999-NMCIF-000089
- MTBS fire identifier
- NM3529410764819990603
- MTBS assessment
- Initial
- Fire occurrence record
- FS-359559
- Perimeter map method
- Digitized From Hardcopy Orthophoto quad
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in New Mexico in 199912
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garcia Fire | 23,680 | May 7, 1999 | Natural |
| Hermosa Fire | 6,466 | Jun 2, 1999 | |
| T-Four Fire | 5,000 | Feb 17, 1999 | |
| Bootheel Fire | 3,520 | Feb 25, 1999 | |
| Snider Fire | 3,500 | Feb 6, 1999 | |
| I-Do Fire | 3,300 | Feb 13, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,852 | Oct 12, 1999 | |
| Coyote Fire | 2,585 | Mar 10, 1999 | Human |
| North Fort Fire | 2,500 | Sep 7, 1999 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 2,428 | Mar 5, 1999 | |
| Popcorn Fire | 2,247 | ||
| Telephone Fire | 2,208 | May 13, 1999 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.